“My greatest joy has been accompanying friends and family in this life. I’ve found that there is often this profound trust in our relationships because they know that we’re there as friends or as a son or as a cousin, but also as ministers of Christ and the church.”
Will pursue a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry
Joseph N. Dickan, SJ, earned a bachelor’s in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles. While in college, he read the Spiritual Exercises and participated in an ecumenical prayer group, which were both instrumental in his faith development. After earning his degree, Joseph worked for a year in advancement at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, California. In the summer of 2012 he participated in the “Six Weeks a Jesuit” program, tutoring at Washington Jesuit Academy in the nation’s capital. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in 2013 and completed first studies at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, where he studied philosophical resources. Joseph then taught math at Bellarmine College Preparatory School in San Jose, California. Next, he studied the Maronite liturgy at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Beirut, Lebanon. While in Beirut, he also studied Arabic at the Saifi Institute for Arabic Language. Joseph earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. He was ordained a deacon in October 2023. After ordination, Joseph will pursue a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry.
Bachelor’s degree, neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles; Master of Divinity, Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry
